Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Requirements for Appointment

To be eligible for appointment to the position of Associate Professor, the candidate must have:

• a Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D/ D.Phil.) from a recognized/accredited Institution;
• OR
• MMed or MDS, and Specialist training;
• a cumulative of three (3) years of teaching or research experience at university level since becoming a Senior Lecturer;
• have research output points comprising at least thirty-six (36) points from refereed scholarly journals and / or university level book, six (6) points from postgraduate students’ supervision and two (2)) points from publications in conference proceedings since appointment to the position of Senior Lecturer;
• evidence of continued evaluated effective teaching and successful supervision of graduate students;
• Attended and contributed at learned conferences, seminars or workshops;
• Evidence of recognition and registration by a relevant regulatory body where applicable;
• Evidence of membership or affiliation to a relevant professional body where applicable;
• Evidence of contribution to community, national and international service; Evidence of contribution to University service through participation in Departmental matters, students’ academic advising, and School and University meetings and committee membership, among others; and
• Evidence of having developed proposals that have attracted funding.

Responsibilities or duties

Duties and Responsibilities

An individual appointed as an Associate Professor shall:

• teach and assess courses in one’s discipline/ area of specialization at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels;
• supervise undergraduate students’ projects and other experiential learning programs;
• supervise dissertations/ theses at postgraduate level;
• assist in developing/ review of undergraduate and postgraduate courses;
• initiate, promote and participate in research projects and publish research findings;
• provide academic leadership through program development, mentoring and research;
• provide professional and community services, and initiate strategic partnerships and linkages, and undertake fundraising for the University; and
• carry out administrative and such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time.

Terms and Conditions

The above positions carry remuneration packages which include basic salary, medical cover, house allowance, transport and leave allowance.

• teach and assess courses in one’s discipline/ area of specialization at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels;
• supervise undergraduate students’ projects and other experiential learning programs;
• supervise dissertations/ theses at postgraduate level;
• assist in developing/ review of undergraduate and postgraduate courses;
• initiate, promote and participate in research projects and publish research findings;
• provide academic leadership through program development, mentoring and research;
• provide professional and community services, and initiate strategic partnerships and linkages, and undertake fundraising for the University; and
• carry out administrative and such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time.

• Teaching
• Research
• Supervision
• Academic Leadership
• Curriculum Development
• Fundraising
• Community Service
• Partnership Building

• Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D/ D.Phil.) from a recognized/accredited Institution; OR MMed or MDS, and Specialist training;
• A cumulative of three (3) years of teaching or research experience at university level since becoming a Senior Lecturer;
• Research output points comprising at least thirty-six (36) points from refereed scholarly journals and / or university level book, six (6) points from postgraduate students’ supervision and two (2)) points from publications in conference proceedings since appointment to the position of Senior Lecturer;
• Evidence of continued evaluated effective teaching and successful supervision of graduate students;
• Attended and contributed at learned conferences, seminars or workshops;
• Evidence of recognition and registration by a relevant regulatory body where applicable;
• Evidence of membership or affiliation to a relevant professional body where applicable;
• Evidence of contribution to community, national and international service;
• Evidence of contribution to University service through participation in Departmental matters, students’ academic advising, and School and University meetings and committee membership, among others; and
• Evidence of having developed proposals that have attracted funding.